Des organisations accusent la société Socfin, dont le groupe Bolloré est le deuxième actionnaire, de violer les principes des Nations unies.
Bienvenue aux « Terres de Socapalm » : six palmeraies sont réparties sur ce territoire de 58 000 hectares au sud-ouest du Cameroun – ce qui représente un tiers de la superficie de la province d’Utrecht.
- De Volkskrant
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25 May 2021
Agri Resources, filiale du controverse Monaco Resources Group, a signé le 21 avril un protocole d’accord avec le Bénin pour la production du riz local sur 10 000 ha.
- Agence Ecofin
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26 April 2021
Le governement du Bénin octroie 10.000 ha à une multinationale luxembourgeoise afin de produire du riz sur place et réduire les importations
- Agence Ecofin
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21 April 2021
The host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in Nigeria held a peaceful protest over the weekend against what they tagged marginalisation and ill-treatment and water pollution by the oil palm company.
Les entreprises agro-industrielles du groupe Socfin prévoient des extensions de leurs plantations au Cameroun avec un risque élevé sur la réduction du couvert forestier et de potentiels conflits sociaux
Au Cameroun, les populations rurales accusent la Socapalm, une entreprise de plantation de palmiers à huile, de les déposséder de leurs terres. Elisabeth Asen Somo a mené sa petite enquête.
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
- Front Page Africa
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08 January 2021
There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation, and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their consent years ago.
- Daily Observer
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05 January 2021
Alliance for Rural Democracy says recent attacks they suffered at the hands of thugs said to be acting on behalf of the Salala Rubber Corporation will not deter them from helping communities suffering abuses.
- New Republic
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28 December 2020
Those accused were all members of the Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA), advocating for the land rights of their members in the face of the operations of the palm oil company SOCFIN.
- Green Scenery
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11 December 2020
Aminata Fabba, Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association, spoke out at the First Peoples’ Hearing of Mano River CSO Platform in Liberia about the abuses here community in Sierra Leone is facing at the hands of SOCFIN.
- Liberian Observer
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11 December 2020